Palmetto Armory · Photo: McGhiever · CC BY-SA 3.0The nearest town with a Safety Grade to Palmetto is Bradenton, 2 miles away
A 10-mile radius takes in 3 places that are graded. Palmetto’s police reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 2025, so there is no Safety Grade: the grade needs all three years, 2023–2025.
For every 1,000 residents, about 18 property crimes reported
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2024
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2024
Crimes reported to police in 2024 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
And about 6 violent crimes, in 2024. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
The years Palmetto’s police reported
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| Year | Palmetto | Rest of Florida | Palmetto | Rest of Florida |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 25.8 | 22.1 | 4.6 | 4.4 |
| 2023 | 24.8 | 19.2 | 5.5 | 3.6 |
| 2024 | 17.8 | 18.4 | 6.1 | 3.5 |
| 2025 | not reported | 14.3 | not reported | 3.0 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents, against the rest of Florida. A year the department didn’t report in full is a gap, not a zero.
326 crimes reported in 2024
2024 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
83 violent and 243 property, as reported to the FBI by Palmetto’s police.
The nearest Florida towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bradenton | C− | 2 mi | 4.8 | 17.5 |
| Holmes Beach | B | 9 mi | 1.2 | 10.3 |
| Longboat Key | A | 10 mi | 0.1 | 5.2 |
| Sarasota | C+ | 13 mi | 3.1 | 10.1 |
| St. Pete Beach | C | 17 mi | 2.4 | 20.1 |
| St. Petersburg | D | 17 mi | 5.6 | 23.8 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Palmetto. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Palmetto.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
12 people died in crashes on Palmetto’s roads in 2019–2023
Palmetto had 12 fatal crashes in five years, in which 12 people died; 7 were pedestrians and 1 was a cyclist.
That is 17.7 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Florida towns of 5,000–25,000 people (11.0, 308 towns).
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Palmetto and its neighbors
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Memphis and Ellenton are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- One number for all of Palmetto. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Palmetto’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (13,662 in 2024); our figure for Palmetto is 13,562 (2025 Census estimate).
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Palmetto
Is Palmetto, FL safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Palmetto. The nearest Florida towns with a grade are Bradenton (C−, 2 mi), Holmes Beach (B, 9 mi), Longboat Key (A, 10 mi).
Who polices Palmetto?
Palmetto’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Palmetto”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2024, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.